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Gost.ve Sohlelcber, of DeWItt Co. ' IXNATOI-SltT MSTMOT: Hod. L. J. Storey, of Caldwell Co. MrxasxnTATivxi Itb DtsTaior: uon. J.V. Ilslohlns, of Hays Co. Hon. W. M . Bust, of Guadalupe Co. ' ' BtXTXIOT OOOXT 1STS DISTXIOT. Uon.L. W. Moore, Presiding Judge, LaQrange. Tisia or houmxo sonar. Hi vs. 2d Mondays In March and September. oouktv orrioxu. . Sterling Fisher, Judge County Court, F.J. Manlove, County Attorney, , . , Ed. J. L.Ureen, Clerk. Jas. A. Wren. Sheriff. C. ft. Cock. Deputy. C. W. Grooms, Justice of the Peso. Pre. No. 1 I. M. Hreedlov.. H.O. l ittle. " " L. Smith. " ' " 4 H. A. MoMeans, County Treasurer. A. Heaton, Assesnor. Ilen. C. Hardin, Hurveyor. ' D. P. Hopkios, Com'r PreclnotNo. I. II. E. Moore " " , " S. J R. Burleson, " " . " 8. I. h. Hasi'tnore. " " ' 4. Geo. H. Ward, Constable. Tiurs or itoi.oian Couktv akd Prkoixot Codxti Criminal County Court 1st Monday In each month. County Court for Civil and Probate business 1st Monday In February, April, June, August, OO' tober and December. Commissioners' Conrt 24 Monday! In February, llav. Auieust and November. Jumlce Conrt. Precinct No. 1 1st Friday In eaob montn, Ban siarcos. Preciucl No. 2 M Friday In each month MtCity, " ' S-3d " Wlmberley'a Mill ' 4-4th " Drlppiug Springs. town oricxas. Mayor A. B. F. Kerr. Council W.O. Hutchison, W.JB. Fry, L. W. Mltch- eil.lD. P. Hopkins, P. II. Turner. Marshal-A. B. Dalley. -Bi(JKCUi:N. METnODIST. Preaolilng at the Methodist Church every Sabbath. Hcv. J. S.GIllett, Pastor. CHRISTIAN. Preaching at the Christian Church on the second and fourth Sabbaths In ea-h month by Elder J.J. Williamson. PRRSRYTKltlAN. Preaohlnir at the Preebvtis rlsnChurch on the first., teconri and third Hab- batbin eaeb month by the Uev. n. u, nenneav, PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. Services secona Sunday in each month at 10 o'clock, A. ., and T p.m , 'at St. Mark's Church.) Rev. Mr. Aires, Hector. ASK the recoveied dyspeptic, Billions sufferers, victims of Fever and Ague, (he mercurial diseased pitient how liny re covered health cbeer- ii 1 spirits and good appetite, they will tell you by taking SIMMON'S . L1VKU S REGULATOR. Tax Ciiiapist, Pcrkst asoBkst Famii.v MxnictKX IK THK WORI.n. . For DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION. Jaundice Rllluia nlnckH.SICK II K A DAI UK. Colic, Depres. sinn ol Spirits, SOUK STOMACH, Heart burn, 4c, tc. This unrivalled Southern Remedy la warrsnted not to contain a single particle of Mxucuav, or any injurious mineral substance, out la Purely Vegetablej containing those Southern Roots and Herb! which an sltwiite Providence has nlaced In cjuii. trie, where l.iver Diiteaeim most nievail. It will tJMre ull IIUcn uiis.ed 1) lln Horuiigciuuiit of the l.lveruiiU ttmvels. THE (SYMPTOMS o( l.iver Conip'alnt are a bit ter or luil taste in Hie mouth; Pain in tue dock Kiilo.iir .lniiiis. oltnn niiittaken for Kheuniatlsm: vourM urli: lsaof Annetite: Bowels sltcrnately cnstiv. and Isx," Hesdsche; Loss of Wemory;, wtiu a painnn senai mi u.hh failed to do something wuicn ongnt to uave ueru itone; liebililv. I.V Kitirits. a thick vellow appearance of the !kln awl Kyrs, a dry C'uush o'leu mistaken for t:oiiiumpilou. Sometimes many ef these symptoms attend the rii.e:i.e. nt oihra verv lew: but the l.iver, the large.t organ in tb body, is xenernlly the seat of the disease, and If not Itegulated In lime, reat sunering, wretched uess and aieuiu will en.ue. I can reeniuiuend as an efficacious remedy for disease of the Liver, Heartburn and Dyspepsia. Simmons' Liver Regulator. LawlS G Wosnxx, 162.',Mskler st. Asslstai.t Postmaster Philadelphia. " We fa ivo tested lis virtues personslly, and know that lur livsnrn.la. Hiliuusness. and 1 lirob- binj Hesdache, It is the be.t medicine the world ever saw. We have tried forty other medicines be'ore Simmon's Liver Regulator, but none of tbem xar ua more thru temporary reltaf; but tne Kexulalor not only relieved, bnt cured ua." rLl. laLKoasra akd Massaxnea, Macon, Ga. MAXcracTuaxDOKLr xv J. II. XtXI.tX &. CO. PIIILADKLPIIIA. Itcontalns four medical elements, never united in the sa-ne happy proper! loo In any other prepar ation, vis : a Heinle Caihanie, a wou.lerlul Ionic, an unexceptionable Alterative, and a certain Cor rective of all Impurities of lb. body. Such signal success has attended Ua ase, that it ie now re garded as th. EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For all diseases of the l.iver. Stomach and Spleen. jte Rtmtiy in MALARinrS FKVfcRS, l-OWKL COMPLAINTS, DVSPKPKIA. MKKTAL bKPKES.ilO.S, REST LESSNESS, JACNDICK. KALKA, SICK HEAtl. ACHK, COUC, COKStlPATIOM sod BIIJOLS- KSir HAS NO EQUAL. CJUT10JV! Al tber. are a swaikcr ef lalutiem Smi te Ike public, w. weeiM caatws the cwaxs.aity t Bay Fwwdera mr preparew SIMMONS UT El RKUULATOt sale. I. r raaravee wrapper, wiih Trade Mark, luss aaa I fuisn saarckem. Rom tun la (esaslM. ;. e. ZlZlzi & ca, Hllad.lphia. TesrTsIcaMe aei M. SiaaMW Ijver te-e- . w.. MMJ ttaMMTfl Sttle llMil er awrrtblvsi ee wktch II le tuesx . and arrer kwrm It a fail. 1 have seed It 1st Ctoc aaa CrsU, with aay Male, aea He-wa. givl thesa abeatkalf a fcwtlle al a lias. I have lee awe ae that baa Stark, aa betee lb Wet xeeoa kawwa Pw alt ewestatw-e ias n wir w. K T Tina. Arrat aerbrnrers at aleentta. HKCOND THOKJIITS. The fKowing sffecting stanzas, it is bolicved.ewill be appreciated in this part of tbi "moral vineyard :" Ksrewell, sweetheart 1 Sine, summer's ended Oar hopes (all lifeless as th. leaves, ' And ell the oys to us commended . Flit with th. awallowa froa th. eavei. When l.v waa by our heart! defended With all th. fore desire conceives, W. both forgot that all depended Upon a few well-garneree sheaves. The birds fly South this autumn weather, And faintly tttll a sad good-bye) We, too, by summer flung together, Kiss one mor. time, and dare not cry Against the world, that oarea not whether ! . W. madly choos. to part or di. ; ' It would be death to bid. together ' Wbeu bread ia dear and rent! are high. lu other day! we both delighted To talk of tie. that should endure t ' The radiant houn to this luilted, r Each cunning bird's nest bid a lur.: But now, when every rose Is blighted, We are not ot our nests so sure: , For modern sweethearts pause aflrignted, When they discover both ar. poor. . Boston Conrlar, A ..uuiisiuble Story For twenty-three years old Jake Wi'lard has cultivated the soil ot Bald win county, : and drawn therefrom a support for himself and wife. He is child ess. Not long ago Jake left the bouse id search of a missing cow. H is route led him through an old worn out patch of clay land, of about Bix acres in extent, in the centre of which was a well twenty-five or thirty feet deep, that at some time, probably, hod furnished the inmates of a dilapidated house near by with water. In passing by this spot aa ill wiud lifted Jake's 'tile' from his heud and maliciously waited it to the edge of the well, and in it tumbled. Now Jake bad always practiced the virtue of economy, and he immediately set about recovering the lost bat. lie mil to the well, and finding it was dry at the bottom, be uncoiled the rope which he had brought with bim for the purpose of capturing the cow, and after several attempts to catch the hat with a noose, lie concluded to save time by going iuto the well himself. To ac complish this he made fust one end of the rope to u stump hard by, and was quickly on bis way down the well. It is a fact, of which Juke eras no less oblivious than tho render hereof, that Ned Wells was in the dilapidated building aforesaid, and that ua old bliud horse, with a bell on Ins neck, who bad been turned ouit to die, was lassily crazing wiihiu a short distance of the well. The devil himself or some other wicked spirit put it iu'o Ned's c.aui um to have a little iun, so he quietly slipped up i0 the old horse and un buckled the bell-strap, approaching with slow, measured 'ting a-liDg' to the edge of the well. 'Dang that old blind horse,' said Juke, 'he's a-eomiu' th:s way sure I and ain't got no move sense than to fall io here. Whoa, Ball.' But the coutiuued approach of the ting s-ling s. id just as plainly as words that Ball wouldn't wboa. Besides Jake was at the bottom restioe, before trying to 'shin' it up the rope. 'Great Jerusalem,' said he, ' the old cuss will be a top of me before I can say Jack Bobinson. Whoal dangyou, whoa!' Just then Ned drew ud to the edge of the well, and with bis foot kicked a little dirt into it 'Oh, Lord I exclaimed Jake, falling upon his knees at the bottom. ' I'm gone now, whoa. Now I lay me down to sleep w-h-o-a, Ball I pray tne Jord my tout to w-h-o a, oow. Oh, Lord, have mercy upon me.' Ned could hold ia no longer, and fearful Jake might suffer irom his fright, be revealed himself. Probably Ned dido t make tracks with his beets from that well. May be Jake wasn't op to the top of it in short order, sod yon might think be dido t try every night lor two weeks to get a bot with bit rifle at Ned. Sweden and Switserland contribute tbe largest number of new member to j the Mormoa Church. Eoglaod ia third on tie list. 'I'lio Bnl O. S'. Mortals. We have notioed that as is custom. ary on the death of men of note, tho oomments of the publio journals on Mr. Morton have run greatly to indiscrimi nate eulogy. The lollowing estimate of his oharaoter, which we eopy from the New York Sun. is the fairest we have seen, and even this leans to tho favor- ble side: , ; , . : Mr Mnrrnn wnu ftntinwttti with sur prising talent, audacity, uud intellectu al agility, tie was a musouiar, ooiu character, one of those who naturally rise to distinction iu times of nommo tiouand passion. The civil war was bis great opportunity, and beiug Gov ernor of ludiuua at the time, he im proved it to the utmost. Originally a Democrat and a master ot tbe arts ot politicul management, he was couverted to Republicanism, and it was as a Re publican that he took his first political office, that ot Lieutenant-Governor. Ever since then he has steadily adhered to that party, aud more than tea years ago he took rank as one of its most determined and influential leaders. As wus natural to an Indiana man, he was at first a strong oppoueut of anti-slav- urv niritAtinn nnr when the civil war ended and the question of negro suf- trage was raised as an luoiaene iu mu reconstruction of the Southern States, Mr. Morton was at the start deoidedly opposed to it. His disposition was to nun.. A ntvonr .Tnhnann in liia: breach with the llepublioan party; but he did not long indulge so aaogerous a pro- nlitnMr nnr! when llA turned about he did it without a qualification,- Since tlitn no wan nas exceeaoa . iiuii in fidelity to the negro oause, or in the ex treiue radicalism ot the measures he bus advocated. We eaunot say that Mr Morton was a statesman. ! iie was punning, wary aud unscrupulous a politician of won derlul fertility and success ; but those large views and firmly held principles which are indispensable in the higher typo of publio man were not bis. He aimed always at tho advantage of the moment, and was just as ready to gain his endB by means which a high con scientiousness would reject aa by iny others. That a thing was trioky or immoral did not make it odious io bis eyes provided it could be made useful in politics. .Yet ho was a patriot. He loved bis country siucerely. Every fibre in bis nature was American. even when be resorted to doubtful measures. Tho good ot tho country be really be lieved could only be promoted by the Aman nf tllfl lmrlV tO wlli'h he WS8 devoted; and while he was carried away by the intensity ol nibmrty ieei- imr in in rooinna nn.i into notions where a man of nobler nature would not con sent to go, there was yet such an ..kinnrlinir InrnA in liiu mind and such a trniik demagogism in his conduct that Ii3 commanded a certain ainu oi rcnect even from those who condemn ed him. We add also to his credit in these times, that he wus not avaricious, fir vennl. and did not cut rich through the use of political power. Without the advantage", of exten sive culture or any great accumulation of knowledge, Mr. Morton's intellect was so quick and fertile, and his power .f A.ni-uugiiiiT liitnanlf in 111 no llllffR HUlt- ed to tho popular cur was so treat, that he was a lormidauie atnieto iu nuy miKlin n.nfpur. tri wliii'h ha iihrtse to etiwue. lie had also the great ad- ,i . ;: vantage ot never mooring io niniuuiiu nm Ai.tiT.A Viia own nfirannal nnnRIHtencV. Tho opinions of to day he advocated wrth ei traordinary vigor, but he wast ed no time in seeking to reconcile them with his opinions ot yesterday. It was enough lor him to eiplain aud enforce ika r in or li. HAV liplft. SlllI it WIS pnerally enough for his audience. Ilis argument was onen or annual ..lilAca vwilnt unit eniisnr.r ! snd if Hi B I lucre wiu. " -'( I - ) he had been a man of better regulated habitsaodjf no physical weakness naa uivsru uvnu "ii" ei he might have risen to the highest emi nence. He was a very ambitious man, desiring to bo President ; but his party was not willing to ritk itself with a candidate so stricken with disease. Tne loial option e'ement W'H re ceive an acf-riisition id tho H.'Vi'a ol ony cow nettling in Guadalue coi-siy. Artic'e X of t'ne consiilution of the atrocia.ion re?t. p fol'ows: "Auy b;ockiioldcr o. member offering any in- tozicrting lwifon ft a beveivge, (n- ckd'nTlii'i- s'e. laser, wine and fcr- iucaed e'o'c ) within tue leoauc.a of ;be eoloDT or 'is imtnedi.-id vcinity or pvin to customers for tho rmTKix of drawipitra.de, fiom any public pl.'ec, shall forfeit bis title to all eUy lot. and bis meuibersbip shall tbeiafieTiM amu'led." Tbey have already bad four inches of f bow io northers Illinois. tat Strutrard. It is not very pleasant for us to be told by such an impartial and intelli gent witness as Mr. Moncure D. Con way who, we may remark, is a Repub lican that "the only painful sensation Stratford-ou-Avon has ever had in connection with Americans" camo through the visit of the distinguished personage who is now making a tri umphal march through Europe as the representative of the American nation. Before writing his letter, ' whioh we . published in yesterday's issue, Mr. Conway wisely fortified himself with evideuce furnished by prominent citi zens of Stratford who took part in tbe leoeption -ceremonies, and also with the statements of the local ' paper. Consequently there can be no doubt that it would have been much better for all conoerned very much , hotter for the reputation of our country abroad if Gen. Grant had adhered to his original programme and left Eng land without paying a pilgrimage to tho shrine of the greatest genius .English ; literature can boast.. He seems to. have considered the whole affair a bore of tbe first order. He manifested not the slightest interest in the plaoes and things whioh are canonized in ' the hearts of the English-speaking people. His speech, so clumsily constructed shst itjwould disgraoe a sohool-boy, was utterly destitute ot either enthusi asm or giatitude and fell upon the au dience like the wettest of wet blankets He was reoeived in Stratford with suoh honors as were never before bestowed upon a foreigner. He was dismissed from Stratford with an indifference savoring strongly of contempt. That Gen. Grant deliberately, and with malice aforethought, made this poor reiurn for this generous hospitali ty, we do not for a moment suppose. He undoubtedly did as well as he knew how. To him Shakspeire was . simply "a distinguished and anoient oitizen of your borough;" a man who had made some money as an actor and . manager, retired to his nitive town to enjoy it, lived in a good bouse, and dy ing was buried in a good place in tho church. Of the poet and the drama tist whose glory fills the world, Gen. Grant knows but little and cares less. We question whether he ever read one of Shakspeare's plays through ; and if called upon to decide upon the pros pective merits of "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Box and Cox," he would probably give tho preference to the lat ter. It will be remembered that when as president of the United States, ho sent a complimentary telegram to the Walter Scott centennial at Edinburgh, be praised the famous Scotchman as "a historian." and made no allusion to his novels or bis poems. , Such dense igno rance as this is capable of anything, and the performance at Stratford is no more than what might have been an ticipated. Indeed, we ought to be thankful it was no worse. Grant might have imitated Mark Twain, and asked if Shakspeare was dead. St. Lou's Republican. UInbI bat Trae. Theirs ! said to be a vouDf man ia tbe Missouri penitentiary whose pa rents at their death left him a fortuno of 150,000. There is whore bis parents made a mirtake. If tbey tad taken the precaution to invest that sum io a small dog snd shot him, snd then bad simply left the young man 1 jack-plane or a wood saw, with priuted instruc tions bow to use it, the chances are that instead of beiug io the peniten timrr he would to day bare been gradu ally but sorely working bis way np to a handsome competency and aa honor able old age. But ever tioee the days of Adam and hve. parent Lave made it a point to toil and straggle all tbeir lives ia order to realise a satSeieatsam .1 mam. tn mireliiis v lies thv era v. V M 1 I - , j dead and gone, tbeir sods each a first class tbrouah ticket to tbe devil, sad it is not much to be wondered at last M many oi their eons, reared ia vtoe . . MU-a aa Inn asanf of th-IS of- rnwim ' . j - tea are, hive aa bibber ambition taaa to invest their ioiftiUoce ia just that sort of trani'Oriatijn. ArptiSlv